We have reported a couple of times that a Canon EOS R6 Mark III could be coming in late 2024. Obviously Canon has a couple of other cameras to manufacture and get in the hands of the hoards of people that want them before an EOS R6 Mark III hits the market.
The EOS R6 Mark II did see a unusual $500 instant rebate in the United States bringing the price down to $1999 for quite some time, but that rebate is now down to $200.
For the moment, a December announcement is the latest possible announcement date that we have been told. Yes, our recent record of announcement dates has been abysmal, but that’s the suggestion we have received.
We do not expect the EOS R6 Mark III information to be locked down in the same way that the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II were.
The 2-year product cycle is likely to continue for the series. It is Canon’s best selling full-frame mirrorless camera and sits in a competitive segment, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Canon has tended to have a run on full-frame camera releases, and then APS-C cameras. It’s not always 100% that way, but we have had early suggestions that the EOS R7 Mark II and EOS R10 Mark II are slated for 2025. However, we don’t have a ton of confidence in anything that we’re hearing about those APS-C cameras.
Early specifications tend to have some inconsistencies, but we have been told that the camera is “pretty much ready to go”
Canon EOS R6 Mark III Specifications (Rumored)
- 24mp (Related to the stacked EOS R3 sensor)
- Mechanical shutter / Electronic Shutter
- No mentions of stills FPS
- Improved DIGIC X, but no DIGIC Accelerator
- CFexpress & SD UHS-II card slots
- 4K 120P
- FullHD 240P
- Same EVF as the EOS R5 (So no eye-controlled AF)
- Improved IBIS performance
- Improved focus sensitivity
- Slightly heavier body (Nothing you’re likely to notice)
- Same 3.0″ LCD size (no mention of resolution)
- No mention of autofocus capabilities
If the EOS R6 Mark III is announced in late 2024, we would expect availability to come in early 2025.
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I guess they had to do something about the excess 24mp stacked sensors lying around when few are buying the R3. If they were to put that sensor in the R6iii i can see it going up to the $2799-2999 price bracket and still be one of the cheapest cameras with a fully stacked sensor. This also means the R6 and R6ii won\'t depreciate in value, new or used.
Too quickly? The EOS R5 follow-up was 4 years, and it was launched alongside the R6. By the time the R1 ships, it'll be 3 years since the R3, which will remain a current model. The R1 also won't be a sales champion.
2 years is pretty easy to do when it'll be a parts bin camera and much easier for development turnaround. Updating your best selling full-frame camera at a faster pace is a no-brainer.
And no, RF stuff are not cheap even in the used market. Not in my country at least. A used R6 is still a lot more expensive than a new R8.
Anyway, this sounds pretty good. I really hope it features a stacked sensor, and that it can shoot 14 bit RAW on electronic shutter. No further requests:D
What, you don't like that feature? It's the evolution of err70
Read again. We’re talking about a variant of the R3’s sensor.
You have an alternative with higher resolution, the R5.
Regarding the 2-years cycle: Yes it's too fast. Canon always had a ~4 year cycle for every model. I don't want to end up in mobile phone cycles where you get a new phone every year with lackluster improvements. But it currently seems that this is where we're heading: Milking the G.A.S.-crowd
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Canon has had plenty of 2-3 year product cycles in the last decade. There really isn't any sort of pattern outside of the 1 and 5 series.
None of the more-than-24MP APS-C models beat that, so they are uninteresting to me.
I share your wish for a more-than-24MP camera from Canon that is substantially cheaper than the R5 series. The R7 is close, but its sensor does readout on a glacial scale.